Description: Field Museum of Natural History, Publication 201, Anthropological Series, Volume XV, No. 3: Sino-Iranica, Chinese Contributions to the History of Civilization in Ancient Iran, With Special Reference to the History of Cultivated Plants and Products by Berthold Laufer. Published in Chicago by the Field Museum of Natural History. 1919, 630pp, 6.5 x 9.5", 8vo, softcover binding. Condition as-is with loose front board and extensive chipping to spine and edges of boards. Binding is loose but intact. General age-related toning and foxing to pages . Previous owner's faculty stamp, pen notations and underlining on front board and throughout folio. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. Rare Chinese and Iranian dictionary from the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988): Dutch Orientalist, professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden (1931-1946), and Yale University (1947-1965), and once depicted by legendary Langston Hughes in 'I Wonder, I Wander', as a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages", after a brief meeting on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933. FORN-SHELF-752-1023-eb0434
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Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English, Chinese, & Iranian
Author: Berthold Laufer
Publisher: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Topic: Language Study
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1919
